Kim Gordon (formerly of Sonic Youth) announced a new solo album, “PLAY ME”, and shared its first single, “Not Today,” via a music video. “PLAY ME” is due out March 13th via Matador. Kate & Laura Mulleavy directed the “Not Today” video. Kim Gordon’s vision of art and noise has come sharper into focus just as readily as it has changed—a paradigm of possibility that, four decades on, still feels like a dare.
“Play Me” is Kim Gordon’s third solo album and follows 2024’s “The Collective” and 2019’s “No Home Record”. As with those albums, Gordon once again collaborated with producer Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Sky Ferreira, Yves Tumor).
Gordon had this to say about the album in a press release: “We wanted the songs to be short. We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident. I always kind of work off of rhythms, and I knew I wanted it to be even more beat-oriented than the last one. Justin really gets my voice and my lyrics and he understands how I work—that came forth even more on this record.”
Play Me is distilled and immediate, expanding Gordon’s sonic palette to include more melodic beats and the motorik drive of krautrock.
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